Horseshoe.



No. 696,450. Patented Apr. 1, I902.

W. L. KING.

HORSESHOE.

(Application filed Aug, 12, 1901. (No Model.)

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WILLIAM L. KING, OF OTTUMYVA, IOWA.

HORSESHOEn SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 696,450, dated April 1, 1902, Application filed August 12,1901. Serial No. 71,675. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LWILLIAM L. KING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ottumwa, in the county of VVapello and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoes; and I do hereby declare the following to exact description of the invention, such as Will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in horseshoes, and has for its primary object the provision of a padded noiseless shoe, as will be more fully hereinafter described, and definitely pointed out in the claim.

Novel details in the arrangement and 0011- struction of the several parts of the shoe will be apparent upon an inspection of the accompan yin g drawings,formin g part hereof, wherein a preferable embodiment of the invention is delineated.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of the shoe. Fig. 2 is a cross-section on the line X X of Fig. 1, and Figs. 3 and 4: are detail cross and longitudinal sections of one of the calks and a portion of the shoe.

Referring more specifically to the drawings,

A designates a shoe of the more ordinary or preferred configuration. The toe and heel portions of the shoe are respectively provided with enlarged portions a a, in the central portions of which are sockets Z) I), the exterior openings or months of which are somewhat smaller than the interior thereof, the continuous walls of the sockets being inclined inwardly, as best seen in Figs. 3 and 4. In these sockets are preferably molded, secured by expansion, or otherwise composite calks B. As will be obvious, the calks when once applied, owing to the interior shape of the sockets, will be securely locked against withdrawal. The calks employed in this instance are not necessarily of the cushion type, but

be a full, clear, andare designed primarily to facilitate the employment of calks which will be practically noiseless when the shoe is applied to an animal, but which at the same time will possess all of the advantages incident to calks of other descriptions. To accomplish this desideraturn, I preferably form the calks of asphalt and linen.

The portions 0 O of the shoe intermediate of the calk-receiving portions are provided with the usual nail-holes 0; but from a point adjacent the inner edges of said holes the shoe is beveled, as at G, inwardly and upwardly to an edge, so that no shoulder or corners are left for the packing of dirt, snow, or the like.

Directly above the heel-calks the respective ends of the shoe are provided with cut-out portions or seats D, deepest at their rear ends. In these seats are secured strips of suitable packing orpadding E, preferablyfelt ,leather, or the like.

From the above it will be obvious that the shoe embodying the special details: of construction pointed out is novel in the art and will be found to possess advantages not attained by shoes known to the trade.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-- A shoeof the character described, provided with enlarged toe and heel portions provided with sockets, composite calks secured in said sockets, inclosed seats formed in the upper surface of the respective ends of the shoe directly over the heel-calks, said seats being deepest at their outer ends, and strips of padding in said seats, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM L. KING.

Witnesses:

J. P. ULLRICH, O. G. RYDER. 

